What Is Science Doing About These Exploding Phone Batteries?

Headlines keep on popping up in the news about exploding cellphones, laptops, and hover-boards. Well folks, this happens to be a phenomenon called thermal runaway, and it has a lot to do with those lithium ion batteries that are inside most of our household tech. Today we’re covering the chemistry on why batteries go boom, and we’re going to take a look at the lithium ion battery of the future!